M 5.7 in East Of South Sandwich Islands on 27 Sep 2018 10:25 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1157657
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -58.1943 , -9.5822
Event Date: 27 Sep 2018 10:25 UTC
27 Sep 2018 09:25 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Sep 2018 10:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000h36v Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 215 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

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Indonesia: Sulawesi Earthquake & Tsunami - Singapore Red Cross launche ... Mon, 01 Oct 2018 08:23:00 +0200.

Singapore, 1 October 2018 - In response to the devastating earthquake and tsunami that has struck Sulawesi, Indonesia, over the weekend, the Singapore Red Cross (SRC) has launched a public fundraising appeal, and in the first instance, pled
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Typhoon Trami makes landfall in Japan: Two killed; flash floods, lands ... Mon, 01 Oct 2018 08:01:00 +0200.

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Informan de fuertes lluvias en Nicaragua y ubicación de tormentasMon, 01 Oct 2018 05:06:00 +0200.

Se informa que en el Atlántico la Tormenta tropical Leslie, se ubica a 1,145 kilómetros al Este de Bermuda, con viento máximo de 85 kph, se desplaza al suroeste. Mientras que en el Pacífico el Huracán Ros se debilitó a categoría uno; está a
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),